>> I was not this time referring to on-disk locations but choosing some different location in the belief that My Pictures, for example, was a "real" location when it's a link to a set of locations or "names" might be a better word.

OK. I do understand that My Pictures is a fiction. But I don't like being presented with fictions when I'm trying to save or locate a file. My Pictures and its kin offer me no real benefits; if they suit others, that's fine, so long as we're not all forced into living with it. So far, we're not. I'm sure MS is working on that. ;-)